[57north-discuss] Tuesday

[Tom Jones]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:52:44AM +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
> I'm hoping to get the rest of the scrap servers from Kit Wright and then
> we will see what we have before deciding what to do with them.

Cool, I am also on the look out for rackable machine. If we end up with too
many I am sure I could help.

> I'm interested in running Qlustar on them:
> 
>   https://qlustar.com/
> 
> [Qlustar is free for non-profit use]

Qlustar is on my list to look at.

> I'd also be interested in talking about BTRFS to anyone who is
> interested in 'next-gen' filesystems. I've been experimenting with it
> using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS if anyone wants to compare notes.

I am going to try using zfs volumes on the 2U you gave me. Hammer FS from the
DragonFlyBSD project also looks really interesting.

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@adventureloop  | we were promised in 80s and early 90s cyberpunk fiction if 
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